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321 Leigham Court Road London Lambeth SW16 2RX

25/03591/TCAApproval for works to trees in CAApproved

Approved on 8 December 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Front Garden: T1 Purple leaf plum. Reduce back over driveway by up to 2.5m because the tree is leaning over the driveway. T2 Bay tree. Reduce crown by 3m above ground level to provide clearance from the building. T3 Hawthorn. Cut back to give 1.5m clearance and remove ivy from the stem. Rear Garden: T6 Rowan. Reduce height by approximately 2m to maintain the height and spread within the garden setting. T7 Holm oak. Reduce crown by 3.5 to 4m to maintain the height and spread within the garden setting.

Received
18 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Knights Hill
Agent
Edward Payne and Co Ltd
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Dec
  5. Decided8 Dec

Decided in 20 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 321 Leigham Court Road London Lambeth SW16 2RX. Lambeth has handled 435 applications of this type. This one was decided in 20 days, 5 weeks quicker than Lambeth's typical decision time. The site is in the Leigham Court Road (South) conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Knights Hill. We hold 3,707 applications in total for the SW16 postcode area.

94% of trees applications at London Borough of Lambeth were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SW16 2RX
Application type
Approval for works to trees in CA
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2025
Target decision date
30 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Edward Payne and Co Ltd
Agent address
94 Ribblesdale Road Streatham London SW16 6SE United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Leigham Court Road (South)
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 230Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Lambeth

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